Regular readers will have noted how a few off-hand comments made on this site yesterday about Dale Chadwick’s perennially-around-the-ankle socks escalated into the kind of verbal trench warfare rarely seen outside of American politics. [...]
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So what’s up with Dale’s socks?
18 Apr 12 10:25 by Culling Song | Original Content, Reader Submissions, Sharks, Super Rugby | 140 Comments
Crucial clash in store for Sharks
While the Auckland Blues lie in wait for the Sharks in the fourth game of their tour next weekend, in round 7, it’s blues of another sort that they’ll need to shake off in order to record victory in Wellington. [...]
Getting to know you
We’ve done this before, but since we’re getting new members all the time, it’s a good idea to have another round… [...]
Doing the Final – Bosveld Style
It’s been needed for a while. It has been a long year. Career wise, family wise, rugby wise and life wise. So when my husband asked me a few weeks back: “when do we have an ‘off’ weekend, we need to get away for the weekend?” I jumped with both arms and feet into the opportunity. [...]
The Currie Cup
The Currie Cup is named after a man and was from the beginning a sponsor’s trophy. That is surprising considering the aggressive amateurism of the 1890s. [...]
May the wors be with you… (a work of pure Sharks fiction)
A LONG TIME AGO, IN A STADIUM FAR, FAR AWAY…
It started, like all good rugby matches, with a braai. But for Shark Lionchaser the act of grilling meat over open coals was more than a spot of pre-game socialising, it was a ritual over which he reverently presided, taking fastidious care over the preparation of the food he was about to share with his closest friends. [...]
The nation awaits
The South African squad to compete at the 2011 IRB Rugby World Cup will be announced in Johannesburg at 19h30 this evening and after a good win over the All Blacks this weekend, the nation has good reason to be upbeat about their prospects in the showcase tournament. The Boks, winners of the trophy in France in 2007, are aiming to be the only side in history ever to successfully defend their World Cup crown. [...]
Exactly where they want to be
For years Springbok rugby fans have lamented the poor planning and tactics which gives rise to the perceived thinking that the Springboks are continually behind the curve when it comes to planning and preparation for big games and tournaments when compared to our Australasian friends. [...]
The ref was kak – let’s get over it
I feel that we as Sharks supporters need to move on from the Bryce Lawrence debacle and rather concentrate on the factors that are within our own sphere of control. [...]
Screw it – let’s do it!
The Sharks are already winging their way to Johannesburg, en route to Nelson in New Zealand where they will face the mighty Crusaders in a knock-out match to determine which side will progress to next week’s semi-finals. Heading off on such a long journey on such short notice, to play a dangerous team in a knockout match is always a huge ask, but if there’s one thing I learned from Loftus, it’s that this Sharks team has the guts and gumption to do just that. [...]
The lost spirit of Craven Ween
SPIRIT- the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul. [...]
ANZAC Rugby
25 Apr 11 06:00 by Hertford Highlander | All Blacks, Original Content, Super Rugby, Wallabies | 10 Comments
On August 15, 1914, the All Blacks were touring Australia and were playing a Metropolitan XV at the old Sydney Sports Ground. During that match a message appeared on the match scoreboard, that message read:
“WAR DECLARED.” [...]
Hurricanes on ‘Shark Alert’
On the Canes official website Hurricanes.co.nz it appears that the Wellingtonians are doing their homework on the boys in ‘Black and White’ before swimming with them in the ‘Tank’. [...]
Alpha males and evolution – fan psychology 101
I’m writing this ahead of this evening’s big game for a reason. I don’t want the outcome of our clash against the Blues to colour my judgment, and nor do I want it to colour yours, dear readers. [...]
Sharks do more right than wrong
The Sharks played the right game for the conditions they faced on Saturday and with the forwards enjoying clear superiority over the Cheetahs throughout, I feel that the result was never in any doubt. Those who would bemoan the absence of a four-try bonus point – as well as more attacking rugby from the Durbanites – would do well revisit the history books and take a hefty dose of reality on-board. [...]
